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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 4544: Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act"

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 4544 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act". Primary sponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal. It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 23, 2025): SIGNED CHAP.480.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits discrimination against and harassment or bullying of students by other students on school property or at a school function; requires schools to investigate reports of bullying; requires schools to adopt a written, plain-language anti-bullying and harassment policy; requires school employees to report incidents of bullying or harassment.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad Hoylman-SigalPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Michael GianarisCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Monica MartinezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate4
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SIGNED CHAP.480
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.862
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A5403A
  7. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1621
  11. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  12. PRINT NUMBER 4544B

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source